Located between Leblon and Arpoador, in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro, Ipanema is the most famous beach of the city, and definitely the place to be during a holiday in Brazil.
The beach is a wide stretch of blinding white sand that extends for several miles, broken into districts by Life Guard Towers (of which the most popular is Posto 9). It is nestled into a bay, and has a gorgeous mountain backdrop.
Welcome to Puglia. Now that you are here, you have to know the meaning of this strange word you keep hearing around: trullo. It’s not a bad word, so don’t worry! If you ask around people will say: “a trullo is a trullo”, since it is a particular house used in this region.
In fact, trulli are traditional stone houses with conical roof, typical only of Puglia. Some of them, such as the ones in Alberobello, belongs to the World Heritage Site, since they are something not ordinary and they are seen as a part of historical Italian architecture.
La verbena de San Juan is really a big party in Barcelona, in Spain. It is a long tradition and nowadays people keep celebrating it.
They carry a flame from the top of the mountain Canigó, located in the Pyrenees all the way down to Plaza de Sant Jaume in Barcelona.
Welcome to the Marche region, where you will have the chance to visit two of the very interesting cities in Italy.
The most important one is Ancona, where you absolutely have to visit the Cathedral of San Ciriaco. Due to its position on the hill, it remembers the ancient power held by the Church during the past centuries.
An Italian tourism group has recently put together a handbook that outlines the different ways that tourists can ben scammed while visiting Italy.
More importantly, it also tells about how to avoid to become a victim.
